Mission

The mission of the Sociology Department at California State University, San Marcos is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with the knowledge, critical thinking, research, and communication skills necessary to explore, understand, and improve their social worlds.  Our undergraduate curriculum enables students to develop core skills in sociological theory and research methods and to apply and refine those skills in a concentrated area of elective study.  Our graduate curriculum provides a superior academic and professional education to students interested in working with human services and criminal justice agencies, teaching in a community college, or continuing study for a Ph.D.  Both curricula consistently promote awareness of the diversity of human experiences and perspectives.